December 2007
60 posts
I’m at the DFW airport. It’s fun to watch people.
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC1 vs. Shipping... →
Microsoft just rolled out the first publicly available release candidate for SP1 of Windows Vista, and we snapped it up, eager to see if it’s faster than the currently shipping version of Vista. To test its speed, we ran a series of benchmarks on exactly the same machine, first with the original version of Vista, and then with the RC of SP1
Radiohead's "In Rainbows" NYTimes #1 Album of 2007 →
While Radiohead’s discontinued pay-what-you-want proposition for downloading its new album made a great music-business story, the more lasting news is that “In Rainbows” — in either its one-disc or two-disc configurations — needs no gimmicks.
Storm Worm delivering coal this Christmas →
Less than a day until Christmas, the Storm worm has appeared with a little holiday joy for all. The Storm botnet is on the prowl for new users to infect, and has a new set of holiday-themed messages
Black Mesa Media Update →
After a few months silence, the Black Mesa team has posted a massive media update with stunning screens that will bring some classic Half-Life 1 memories flooding back
Tomorrow: Celebrate Christmas, Relax, and learn Cocoa for no reason. http://cocoadevcentral.com has awesome guides.
Almost Christmas.
Play HEROIN HERO!!!! →
The guitar hero south park episode game.as real as in on tv
My dog is licking my toe. I suppose it’s delicious.
The Playstation emulator for iPhone now RELEASED →
psx4iPhone - was just released. It has been in private beta for a little while now, but now its first public release, at Version 0.1.0.Iphone4world.com
I’m going to try to install Leopard on my PC with that newfangled EFI emulator. I’ll see if I fail.
Wired Interview with Trent Reznor →
“And so, a couple years ago I kind of realized that music essentially is free now. I’d prefer if it wasn’t. But it is. And being on the other side of that argument is a losing battle.”
@DGDG On the plane to where? :o
BREAKING: All PS1 Games (discs included) Now... →
With today’s PS3 firmware 2.10 update and PSP firmware 3.80 update, Sony has secretly updated the Remote Play functionality to allow playing of all PSone downloadable games AS WELL AS PS1 ORIGINAL DISCS! Straight to the source on the Playstation Forums. This is really interesting tech news!
Got my hair cut.
3000 Barrels Fall Down In Crysis →
…What it would be like to stack 3000 red barrels on top of each other then knock em all down. Just for, you know. Shits and giggles.
Man Up Your Final Exams →
Final exams – the most stressful time of the half-year. Your tuition, your self-respect, hell, your entire life rests on your passing each of the arbitrary, needlessly difficult tests your self-loathing professors have dreamed up for you. The only way to survive such an absurd time, of course, is to Man Up your final exams.
Google to Wikipedia: "Knol" thine enemy →
Google’s new “knol” social knowledge project has a lofty-sounding goal: make the world’s knowledge easier to put on line. In reality, Google wants a piece of the social knowledge search results, and looks likely to get it.
Wine 0.9.51 Released →
This is release 0.9.51 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix. What’s new in this release: A bunch of WinHelp improvements. Better Japanese font support. A ton of rpcrt4 fixes. Several Alsa capture fixes. Improved support for screen resolution changes. Lots of bug fixes.
4chan got HACKED!! →
From time to time, takeovers happen on some small sites, but, this one is a HUGE… Who knew this would’ve happened?
BackTrack 3 Beta is out! →
Remote Exploit has done it! Again!The best security Distro, in its leanest, meanest and sexiest form ever.An official announcement is due tomorrow, and until then, the ISO and USB images are available on torrent.
LOL: I saw a Google Street View car in my town. At a Sonic Drive-in.
iPhone Video Recording Now Working with Drunknbass →
The geniuses from Monster and Friends have created an iPhone application which can record video up to 45 frames per second. They are still working in the final version, but to give you a taste they have published Drunknbass, a beta which records 5 seconds of video at 10 fps with a resolution of 2 megapixels. I’ve tested and it works perfectly.
OFFICIAL: Facebook drops 'is' →
Well folks, it has finally happened. Facebook have dropped the “is” from status updates. Login and update your status now!
New Halo3 Map Pack 'Heroic' Released →
The Heroic map pack contains three new maps, each presenting a totally different play style. Standoff, Rat’s Nest and Foundry— all for 800 MS Points.
Red vs Blue Shows off new Halo 3 Content →
6 minute video inside!
Police Closes Pirate Bay Investigation, Trial... →
The police investigation into The Pirate Bay has finally came to an end. Today, the Pirate Bay received over 40,000 pages of legal paperwork. At first sight there doesn’t appear to be any evidence that suggests The Pirate Bay is involved in any illegal activities, but that is up to the court to decide now.
VOIP on iPod touch →
Remember Marian, the guy who’s building a preamped mike for the iPod touch? Today he writes that touch hacker eok has ported Samuel’s SvSIP to the iPod and has both sent and received phone calls
Huge 'Ocean' Discovered Inside Earth →
Scientists scanning the deep interior of Earth have found evidence of a vast water reservoir beneath eastern Asia that is at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean.
Rock Band party!
@torley I watched that earlier. I thought of you the entire time.
Today is the day I get a bank account. Hopefully.
In San Antonio.
ATTENTION: Quicksilver Needs Your Help →
Please digg this up to help Quicksilver gain the developer support it needs to stay alive! Alcor has doomed it to a “long slow death,” help see that this doesn’t happen!
It seems to have settled down. (The drive.)
I think the drive is about to kick the bucket. Froze it again, pulled pictures + music off of it.
